Kooji Creative Blog: London Design Festival 2009

Sunday, 27 September 2009

London Design Festival 2009

Well, it's that time again! A whole year has flown by since our last visit to the London Design Festival and despite us insisting that we would never step foot on a National Express coach again, we did (albeit only for the inbound journey - we booked bargain priced train tickets for the journey home though, which was a joy to behold). In true Kooji style we both staggered off the coach, after a brief 4+ hour ride, and treated ourselves to a full English Breakfast at Ponti's an Italian restaurant in Marble Arch. Delicious!

We checked out a few sights during our stay including a trip to Camden Market where we encountered some giant horses.

One of the highlights of this year's festival was emerge 'the debut graphic design graduate showcase of the london design festival' so we stopped by to take a look.

'Science Museum Posters' © Natalie Talbot http://www.piedesign.co.uk/
http://piesdesign.blogspot.com/

'Swagga' © Danielle Mullis http://www.daniellemullis.com/

London poster exhibition - All emerge graduates were asked to produce poster designs working with a brief produced by Pentagram. These posters were then pitched against those of established designers who worked on the same brief for the V&A. The posters celebrate London as the creative capital of the world and are created using only two colours. The results provide an interesting comparison between designers at different stages in their careers.